Rescuers nearly found Northern Nevada family first night of search

1:43 AM,
Dec. 13, 2013

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Rescuers nearly found the Lovelock family stranded in the Seven Troughs mountain range area the evening before the search expanded countywide, officials said Thursday.

"As it turns out, the road (the family) was on, there was a deputy on top of that road that was going to go down (just after 10 p.m. Sunday) and follow the tracks," said Charles Sparke, Pershing County emergency management director.

The deputy was within a quarter mile of the family but was called off the steep dirt road because he did not have a second vehicle to spot him in case it became stuck in the remote mountains, Sparke said. ...